Sri Lanka: Non-State Actors (NSA) and Local Authorities (LA) in Development

The thematic programme “Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development” is a development policy instrument of the European Consensus on Development. It replaced the NGO co financing and decentralised cooperation budget lines and has its legal basis in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 stablishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (DCI) .

This call for proposals is launched under the thematic programme ‘Non State Actors (NSA) and Local Authorities (LA) in Development'. It aims at co-financing initiatives proposed and carried out by civil society organisations originating from the EU and Sri Lanka in the areas of Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction.

The 'NSA-LA in Development' thematic programme considers that there is a clear need to strengthen the capacity of local organisations in developing countries. It also seeks to inform citizens about their rights, to increase their capacity to understand the policies of their own government and policies of other global actors, and the impact of those policies on poverty and inequality. The call will provide Civil Society Organisations the space and opportunity to propose "actor-oriented" innovative actions, aimed at strengthening of civil society for a more equitable, open and democratic society.

The global objective of this Call for Proposals is: to support operations, which promote an inclusive and empowered society in Sri Lanka by 

(i) Benefitting populations excluded from main stream services, resources and excluded from policymaking processes;

(ii) Strengthening the capacity of civil society organisations of the targeted communities in Sri Lanka to become active participants in defining and implementing poverty reduction and sustainable development strategies.

(iii) Facilitating better cooperation and partnership between state and non-state actors for sustainable development and poverty reduction in Sri Lanka. 

The specific objectives of this Call for Proposals are:

· To create, strengthen and enable communities in the target areas who will actively analyse the causes of poverty and develop strategies to deal with them on a long-term basis.

· Civil society groups engage Local Authorities (LAs) in innovative partnerships for good governance and accountability in the targeted areas.

Thematic Priorities of this call for proposals:

· Inter and intra community involvement to promote reconciliation and collaboration for sustainable development.

· Advocate and foster a strong involvement of Local Authorities to promote good governance, accountability and services.

· Enable and integrate marginalised groups and individuals in the communities to contribute to them and their communities' development.

· Initiatives to promote access notably to markets, legal documents, land and livelihoods thereby promoting economic and social justice through empowerment.

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